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I'm Michael Koby, and I love technology. I'm also a programmer, currently doing Ruby on Rails development for a small Houston startup. Here I talk about technology, programming, politics, movies, music, and anything else I feel I need to talk about. If you would like to know more, you can check out the About page.Popular Series
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Alt.NET Houston Open Spaces 2010
This year, Alt.NET Houston will be hosting it’s 2nd Open Spaces Conference. Last years was such a success that many wanted us to do it again. The What and When This year the conference will be held from Friday, April … Continue reading
Managing Multiple Repositories With Git
I’ve started a small side project with a friend of mine. It’s a Ruby on Rails project and he has been doing the design work while I’ll be handling some of the Ruby/Rails backend pieces. For many reasons we went … Continue reading
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Software Craftsmanship: What is a Craftsman
A couple of weekends ago, I attended an Open Spaces developer conference in Austin, TX. The conference had a specific focus on the idea of software craftsmanship. While a nice fishbowl discussion on the open night of the event touched … Continue reading
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Pablo's Fiesta – Los Techies Open Spaces
Over the weekend I made a trip to Austin to attend the Los Techies’ Open Spaces event entitled Pablo’s Fiesta. This was an Open Spaces Conference where the focus was on software craftsmanship. There were a lot of good sessions and I managed to be introduced to several new ideas, technologies, and even a new programming language. While I’m still letting a lot of what I saw, heard, and read while there sink in, you can expect some blog posts in the (near) future about some of the things that were brought up and demonstrated. Continue reading
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Pablo’s Fiesta – Los Techies Open Spaces
Over the weekend I made a trip to Austin to attend the Los Techies’ Open Spaces event entitled Pablo’s Fiesta. This was an Open Spaces Conference where the focus was on software craftsmanship. There were a lot of good sessions and I managed to be introduced to several new ideas, technologies, and even a new programming language. While I’m still letting a lot of what I saw, heard, and read while there sink in, you can expect some blog posts in the (near) future about some of the things that were brought up and demonstrated. Continue reading
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Michael Koby 
Health Care Reform is Really Health INSURANCE Reform
First off, the United States has some of the best health care (doctors, nurses, hospitals, etc) in the world. People all over the world are told to come here to get their treatments. So when it comes to actual health care, the United States is pretty high up there on the list. Secondly, everyone in this country can be treated for whatever ails them. They can simply go to the emergency room and get treated. The doctors are required, by law, to treat regardless of ability to pay. Continue reading →